Welcome to Las Vegas, right at the turn of the 20th Century. After surviving the random destruction of towns that led to a food shortage, the city is presented with the threat of disease, though it has yet to show any signs of the smallpox virus that has affected much of the world outside. Enter Tre...
It's like This American Life in written form.
Unlike any nonfiction work I've ever read. Every single.. work, shall I say, is written in a conversational tone. The best thing is the author seems to understand that nonfiction can be a boring pain in the ass..
Somewhere between a Sotheby's catalog and a bizarre issue of McSweeney's, Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder is . . . well, a cabinet of wonder. If Devo, They Might Be Giants, and Talking Heads all ate way too much turkey, then had a collective dream set in a museum, this is the book they'd write. It's...
Ebook, read via Open Library here.From the book jacket:"A nondescript storefront operation in Los Angeles, California, the Museum of Jurassic Technology actually exists - that may be the only thing about it that is for certain. The creation of David Wilson, a man of prodigiously unusual imagination,...
A collection of articles, and like so many, some are better than others. Especially enjoyed reading about Bosnia & Herzegovina, and the graphics designed for the Polish solidarity movements.
So, you’re waiting at a bus stop in Culver City when you notice an odd little shop (just, you know, stuck in among the zinnias?) and mosey on in. You could be forgiven if you thought for a moment that you might have dropped into a story from the White Hart or one of Joseph Jorkens’ club yarns. But...
A very interesting read. I half thought the whole place was a hoax until I was able to go there myself. Still it felt a little cheap going there because I had read the book. I just ended up viewing the whole experience in a detached kind of way. Anyway, I recommend the book.
I am unclear as to whether or not I love this book because in the first 4 stories they mention the U of C in two of them, but I do think it is an amazing book and recommend it to everybody. And I don't even usually like non-fiction.
An original and interesting book about museums and the sense of wonder; how are things presented by authoritative collections, what do we want to gather together, what did and still does blow minds? Short (100 small pages) and written with a real talent for fun. Wechsler keeps coming up with memorab...
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